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Protein vs Thrombopoietin - What's the difference?

protein | thrombopoietin |

As nouns the difference between protein and thrombopoietin

is that protein is protein while thrombopoietin is a protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets.

protein

English

(wikipedia protein)

Noun

  • (biochemistry) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.
  • (nutrition) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes
    • For each dish, select a curry, protein , and spiciness.

    Synonyms

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    Meronyms

    * amino acid

    Coordinate terms

    * carbohydrate * fat

    Derived terms

    * green fluorescent protein * proteinic * proteinous

    References

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----

    thrombopoietin

    English

    (wikipedia thrombopoietin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets.
  • *{{quote-journal, 2009, date=February 6, Brendan J. McMorran et al., Platelets Kill Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasites and Mediate Survival to Infection, Science citation
    • , passage=The megakaryocyte growth and differentiation factor, C-mpl, is the receptor for thrombopoietin and is encoded by the Mpl gene. }}